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2011:03 On Decommissioning Cost for Nuclear Power Plants
This research report summarizes what has changed over the latest 15 years concerning actual and estimated costs for the D&D of nuclear power plants that have been shut down permanently. It also reports ... heating reactor in Ågesta. Geoff Varley and Chris Rush SSM English This research report summarizes what has changed over the latest 15 years concerning actual and estimated costs for the D&D of nuclear...
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2011:02 The Back-End of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle in Sweden, Considerations for safeguards and data handling
encapsulation facility and the operating final repository is presented in paper 1. Special considerations concerning safeguards for the final disposal process have been discussed and incorporated into the ... the approach. Paper 2 defines the spent fuel data that must be secured, for safeguards purposes and for national purposes, prior to when the spent fuel assemblies become inaccessible in the final disposal...
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2010:44 Recent Research on EMF and Health Risk Seventh annual report from SSM:s Independent Expert Group on Electromagnetic Fields, 2010
phone use and brain tumour risk as well as on overall trends (rather lack thereof) in brain tumour statistics. For longer duration of use, for specific subtypes of cancer, and for children and adolescents ... adolescents data are sparse or non-existing, and conclusions are less certain. Available data do not indicate any risks related to exposure to RF from base stations or radio or TV antennas. Taking into account...
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2009:29e Swedish national plan for the management of all radioactive waste
representatives from other authorities, trade and industry organizations, operators and other parties interested, forming a joint action group. The views of the joint action group and the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority ... order to overcome the deficiencies in the waste-management system. These measures form the foundation and a direction for society’s continued work with the management of all radioactive waste. SSM SSM English...
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2010:46 Development of the PRO-LOCA Probabilistic Fracture Mechanics Code, MERIT Final Report
components and to include these models in a probabilistic code named PRO-LOCA. The principal objective of the project has been to develop probabilistic models for piping failure of nuclear components and to include ... Olson and Dave Rudland SSM English The MERIT project has been an internationally financed program with the main purpose of developing probabilistic models for piping failure of nuclear components and to include...
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2010:22 Research and Development Program in Reactor Diagnostics and Monitoring with Neutron Noise Methods, Stage 16
research and development program concerning the development of diagnostics and monitoring methods for nuclear reactors. Results up to Stage 15 were reported in SKI and SSM reports, as listed below and in the ... international journals and have been included in both licentiate- and doctor’s degrees. The objective of the research program is to contribute to the strategic research goal of competence and research capacity...
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2010:45 Evaluation of models for cyclic plastic deformation – A literature study
the analysis and evaluation of plastic cycling and its impact on component integrity is very complex. The purpose of this study was to increase the understanding of material modeling and to examine the ... the limitations and capabilities of some of the most commonly used models in cyclic plastic deformation. Magnus Dahlberg and Peter Segle SSM English Analysis of nuclear components subjected to cyclic plastic...
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2010:43 Displacement along extensive deformation zones at the two SKB sites: Forsmark and Laxemar
distinguished by that the exposed bedrock is mainly composed of Precambrian metamorphic and igneous rocks older than a billion or one and a half billion years with few easily distinguished testimonies for the younger ... peneplain. Palaeozoic and younger sediments were deposited on the peneplain, but these sediments have been removed from most areas that now form the mainland of Sweden and Finland and where there area just...
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2010:42 Using the EPRI Risk-Informed ISI Methodology on Piping Systems in Forsmark 3
based upon the risk for core damage or the risk of release of radioactive substances. Both qualitative and quantitative measures of the relative risk are allowed to be used. So far only the PWRs in Sweden are ... risk procedure based upon the so-called damage index and consequence index. All Nuclear Power Plants in Sweden have a fairly detailed PSA analyses and it is now of interest to find out if such PSA analyses...
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2010:41 Rock-block configuration in Uppland and the Ålands-hav basin, the regional surroundings of the SKB site in Forsmark, Sea and land areas, eastern Sweden
conclusions and viewpoints presented in the report are those of the authors and do not necessarily coincide with those of the SSM. The topography in Uppland is more broken in the sea area east and northeast ... rises in steps to a low flat basin divided into a deeper western half and a somewhat shallower eastern half. The Swedish Nuclear fuel and Waste management Co (SKB) has investigated the Forsmark site, which...
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